I tend to not pick favorites from my shoot, I stay a little more clinical, business oriented. I never forget that these images have to pay the bills. But there are those moments when light, subject, background, memories all come together in the viewfinder and that always grabs my attention. Why? Because that is a special moment in photography that just doesn’t happen everyday, week and sometimes year. As it turned out, the corsair in all its forms has dominated my year so I’ve seen in many ways in many places. There is no way you could plan this shot or ever duplicate it again! The hole in the clouds we punched through and then altered by our turbulence, the light bouncing all around, top and bottom, the angle of the plane and having the right lens on at the right moment, there is more going on here then luck or skill. I’m just glad I’m around when those moments happen!
Now you might be wondering if this is the only aircraft I shot. Actually, I came back with 4768 images, keepers from our two hours of air time last weekend and I’m just now getting through them. I have a lot more to go and what am I doing? I’m in AZ shooting aircraft for the next four days. Yikes, I will be horribly back logged but it’s so much fun!
Photo captured by D3x, 70-200VRII w/TC-17e